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News was released recently as VPhase was placed into administration. The pioneering VPhase brand placed into administration on the 4th September 2013 contributed greatly to the awareness of energy saving within the home through managing the incoming voltage levels. Many independent studies have been carried out which confirm the principal of energy saving through voltage ...

A new report called Energy Efficiency Trends has been published by EEVS, the leading UK provider of independent performance information and analysis services for energy efficiency. The report provides essential insight for consumers and suppliers of non-domestic energy efficiency and includes a special feature on Energy Performance Contracting. Energy Efficiency Trends ...

Greg Barker visited Birmingham this afternoon, to congratulate the City Council and Carillion Energy Services on the announcement of its Green Deal delivery partnership Birmingham is the first local authority in the country to appoint a delivery partner for the Green Deal. In an announcement last month, DECC ...

Shale Gas Exploration Now Permitted in the UK CNG Services Ltd welcomes the announcement today that shale gas extraction should be permitted to continue in the UK following investigations into the earthquake risk associated with hydrofracking. With the cost of importing oil and gas increasing, shale gas exploration will be an important step towards security of supply for the UK. Whilst ...

Leading European street lighting suppliers Joliet Technology introduce a specially designed lamp unit for tunnel and underground lighting applications.Switching to LED street lights offers up to 80% savings on power consumption and ensures a complete return on investment in less than 17 months with colossal savings over the 10 year life of the product. Resultant reductions in harmful Co2 and So2 ...

Congress on 18 December passed a new energy bill and sent it along Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House in a hybrid Prius car. President George W. Bush signed the measure 19 December, which includes the first increase in vehicle fuel economy standards in 32 years. The House approved the bill, 314-100 on Tuesday. The Senate passed it last week by a vote of 86-8. The bill mandates a fuel ...

The field of lighting has witnessed remarkable technology improvements in the past few years, especially in the area of compact fluorescent lamps (CFL) and solid state lighting. Conventional incandescent bulbs are expected to reach obsolescence with the onset of CFL and LEDs (light emitting diodes). LED lighting is enjoying robust growth because of its exceptional features that include high ...

Kyocera Solar, Inc. today announced that MyGen U.S.-Made Kits — domestically produced, all-inclusive kits for residential and light commercial solar energy installations — are available now. The MyGen solar energy kits are ideal for new entrants into the solar market and professionals in the electrical contractor industry interested in expanding into solar ...

Carmanah Technologies (TSX: CHM) distributor InfoControl (link is external), has installed a large quantity of Carmanah solar-powered LED obstruction lights in Portugal. The Carmanah OL800 light has been successfully installed on 150 Portugal power towers, ...

Lighting Science Group Corporation (OTCBB: LSCG), one of the world's leading LED lighting technology companies, announced a business partnership with Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar®. Lighting Science® collaborated with the world's largest casual dining chain to monitor, evaluate and markedly reduce energy usage for lighting in their 23 company-owned restaurants. Through the installation of ...

Brighter days (and nights) are ahead for the Hurston family with Lighting Science Group's (OTC Bulletin Board: LSCG) high-performance and ultra-efficient LED bulbs installed in their new Coco, Florida home. The Hurston family's home was severely water damaged as a result of a burst pipe. The family's Air Mobile Ministries brings clean water into countries following disasters. Donors fund the ...

Brighter days (and nights) are ahead for the Hurston family with Lighting Science Group's (OTC Bulletin Board: LSCG) high-performance and ultra-efficient LED bulbs installed in their new Coco, Florida home. The Hurston family's home was severely water damaged as a result of a burst pipe. The family's Air Mobile Ministries brings clean water into countries following disasters. Donors fund the ...

Leading European street lighting suppliers Joliet Technology introduce a specially designed street lamp bulb to replace existing sodium bulbs with standard E40 screw in fitting. Ideal for outdoor lighting, parks, parking areas and footpaths this revolutionary lamp bulb simply replaces existing bulbs. The ten year life of the bulb allows users to replace sodium lamp bulbs as they burn out and ...

For the fourth consecutive year, the U.S. was home to the fastest-growing wind power market in the world in 2008, according to a report released by the U.S. Department of Energy and prepared by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). Specifically, U.S. wind power capacity additions increased by 60 percent in 2008, representing a $16 billion investment in new wind projects. “At ...

Energy Secretary Steven Chu today announced more than US$37 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support high-efficiency solid-state lighting projects. Solid-state lighting, which uses light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) instead of incandescent bulbs, has the potential to be ten times more energy-efficient than traditional ...

Sustainable energy specialist ENER-G is part of a major research consortium, co-funded by the government, to find innovative new ways of ' keeping the lights on' and decarbonising energy supplies across the UK, as demand increases. ENER-G and major industry partners Advanced Digital Institute; Flexitricity; Smarter Grid Solutions and UK Power Networks, have ...

White Paper to bring about biggest reforms since privatisation Renewables Roadmap plots out actions to meet 2020 target Coalition measures to keep the UK’s lights on and consumer bills down, and shift the economy away from a high risk, high-carbon future, have been unveiled today. With a quarter of the UK’s generating capacity shutting down ...

Florida Power & Light Company today announced that its state-of-the-art Cape Canaveral Next Generation Clean Energy Center has begun generating electricity from clean, U.S.-produced natural gas. Over its operational lifetime, the new, fuel-efficient plant is expected to provide FPL customers hundreds of millions of ...